Patents Examined by Michael Zhang
  • Patent number: 12049069
    Abstract: A stitched fabric including a barrier layer; a yarn stitched through and forming stitch holes in the barrier layer, and a foam core formed over the barrier layer. A melted portion of the barrier layer fills at least a portion of the stitch holes. The foam core is prevented from progressing further into the stitched fabric by the barrier layer. As such, the barrier layer is configured to control a depth to which the foam core penetrates into the stitched fabric. The foam core may be formed over at least a portion of the yarn. A second foam core may be formed on a side of the barrier layer opposite the foam core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: SWNR Development, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin English, Timm Smith, Daniel L. English
  • Patent number: 12036746
    Abstract: A joined structure, including: two members made of materials having different coefficients of linear expansion; and an adhesive layer arranged between the two members to join the two members together, wherein the adhesive layer includes at least an end portion in one direction parallel to a plane direction of the adhesive layer and a center portion in the one direction, and a thickness in the end portion is greater than a thickness in the center portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kentaro Kono
  • Patent number: 12030297
    Abstract: Provided is a glass film-resin composite, which prevents the breakage of a glass film and enables the production of an elongated glass film. The glass film-resin composite of the present invention includes: an elongated glass film; a resin tape, which is arranged on at least one surface of the elongated glass film and is linearly arranged at least near each of both ends in a widthwise direction of the elongated glass film in one surface of the elongated glass film; a protective layer, which is arranged near each of both the ends in the widthwise direction of the surface of the elongated glass film having arranged thereon the resin tape and on an outside of the resin tape in the widthwise direction; and a resin layer arranged on one surface of the elongated glass film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Sato, Takeshi Murashige, Junichi Inagaki, Atsushi Kishi
  • Patent number: 12018351
    Abstract: The present application can provide a composite material which comprises a metal foam and a polymer component and has other excellent physical properties such as impact resistance, processability and insulation properties while having excellent thermal conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: LG Chem, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Min Shin, Dong Woo Yoo, Jin Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11999155
    Abstract: A laminate has first and second spunbonded nonwoven layers at least one of which comprises or consists essentially of crimped continuous filaments that are bicomponent filaments having a first component based on polypropylene and a second component based on polypropylene. A specific density ? (g/cm3) of the spunbonded nonwoven laminate depending on the surface density of the spunbonded nonwoven laminate lies below a density limit ?G defined by the following equation: ?G=9 cm?1×surface density g/cm2+0.0393 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: REIFENHAEUSER GMBH & CO. KG MASCHINENFABRIK
    Inventors: Tobias Wagner, Sebastian Sommer, Patrick Bohl
  • Patent number: 11993688
    Abstract: A molded article of a carbon fiber composite material includes at least carbon fibers and a resin composition. The molded article of a carbon fiber composite material is characterized in that the surface roughness Ra thereof is 0.01-2 ?m and in that the tensile shear adhesive strength (F0) thereof when a metal has been adhered to the surface thereof via an adhesive layer that contains an epoxy compound and is 0.1-3 mm thick is 10-40 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideto Mitsuoka, Yuji Ozeki
  • Patent number: 11987041
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display module, including: a flexible panel, a first group of film layers attached to a light-emitting side of the flexible panel, and a second group of film layers attached to a non-light-emitting side of the flexible panel away from the light-emitting side. The display module is capable of being folded to a curved plate, such that at least a portion of an orthographic projection of the display module on a first plane perpendicular to the curved plate has a shape of a water-drop profile comprising a neck portion and a body portion. At least a portion of orthographic projections, on the first plane, of two opposite ends of the display module forms the neck portion, and an orthographic projection, on the first plane, of a middle portion of the display module between the two opposite ends forms the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liming Dong, Shiming Shi, Lu Liu, Lijuan Zhao, Zhao Li
  • Patent number: 11969974
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a surface protection film for a flexible display with which films are not adhered to each other. As a solution, provided is the surface protection film for a flexible display that has a protection layer made of polyurethane as an outermost surface thereof, the polyurethane having a tan ? peak temperature of 20° C. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Kamada, Masahiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11964457
    Abstract: Disclosed is a release film including a first release film on a supporter in which a first hole is defined, and a second release film below the supporter, wherein, when viewed in a plan view, a first cut region is defined by a first part of the second release film, the first part overlapping the first hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoseung Kang, Minseop Kim, Hosung Nam, Munsik Ham
  • Patent number: 11952785
    Abstract: A covering for underlays of flooring includes a membrane with a base from which studs extend which protrude upward with respect to the laying plane, a draining layer which is joined in an upper region to the membrane at the top of the studs, and a layer for anchoring to the underlay of the flooring, joined in a lower region to the membrane at least at the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: PROGRESS PROFILES SPA
    Inventor: Dennis Bordin
  • Patent number: 11951724
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a fiber-reinforced resin article which includes, on at least one face of a unidirectional fiber-reinforced resin sheet (UDS), a plurality of chopped sheets (CS) of a unidirectional fiber-reinforced resin sheet which is the same as or different from the abovementioned unidirectional fiber-reinforced resin sheet (UDS), wherein the ratio of the chopped sheets (CS), with respect to 100 parts by mass of the unidirectional fiber-reinforced resin sheet (UDS), is at least 40 parts by mass and no more than 100 parts by mass; a method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin article, said method having a step for positioning a plurality of the chopped sheets (CS), and a step for heating and pressurizing; and a laminate including the fiber-reinforced resin article and a foam layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Kikuchi, Takeharu Isaki
  • Patent number: 11951716
    Abstract: A roofing membrane includes a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) layer and a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) layer. The TPO layer forms a bottom layer of the roofing membrane, and the PVC layer is positioned atop the TPO layer so that the PVC layer forms a top layer of the roofing membrane. The TPO layer and the PVC layer are configured to be chemically compatible so that the TPO layer and the PVC layer are chemically bonded and function as a single roofing membrane. Compatibilizing includes at least one of (i) adding a compatibilizing agent to at least one of the TPO material and the PVC material prior to extrusion and (ii) positioning at least one compatibilizing film, prior to bonding, between the TPO material and the PVC material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Diego Pedrazzoli, Lichih R Peng, Lance Wang, Jawed Asrar
  • Patent number: 11939500
    Abstract: Diecuts and methods for closing of holes in metal sheets or in plastics parts are disclosed. The diecuts have a carrier composed of an assembly that comprises a metallic first layer having a thickness of 10 to 40 ?m, a second layer of a woven or laid glass fabric having a basis weight of 30 to 200 g/m2, an optional first adhesive third layer, an unexpanded expandable graphite fourth layer having a thickness of at least 0.2 to 3.0 mm, and a second adhesive fifth layer. The expandable graphite being present in the fourth layer to an extent of at least 80 wt % and fifth layer being formed by an adhesive having a basis weight of 300 to 1800 g/m2 and/or a thickness of 400 to 1800 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Katja Meyer, Tim Baumann, Christoph Nagel
  • Patent number: 11926117
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an MDO thermoresistant heat-shrinkable multilayer film of a copolymer polyester having excellent thermal resistance. In particular, the present invention provides an MDO thermoresistant heat-shrinkable multilayer film that includes multiple skin layers capable of improving thermal resistance formed on a substrate layer capable of providing high shrinkage, and simultaneously has excellent thermal resistance and high shrinkage properties through MD orientation instead of the conventional TD orientation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SK Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seol-Hee Lim, Sung-Gi Kim, So-Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 11909107
    Abstract: A gradient permittivity film comprises (a) a first permittivity layer comprising a first continuous matrix of a first material having a first relative permittivity (?r1) and a second component having a second relative permittivity (?r2) dispersed in the first continuous matrix, the first permittivity layer having a first effective layer relative permittivity (?1) and a thickness (T1); And (b) a second permittivity layer having a second effective layer relative permittivity (?2) and a thickness (T2) disposed on the first permittivity layer. T1=0.8(t1) to 1.2(t1), where t 1 = c 4 ? f ? ? 1 ; ? T 2 = 0.8 ( t 2 ) ? to 1.2 ( t 2 ) , where ? t 2 = c 4 ? f ? ? 2 .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Mohsen Salehi, Stephen J. Etzkorn, Jaewon Kim, Brett J. Sitter
  • Patent number: 11905201
    Abstract: An article includes a carrier including a carrier bonding surface, a sheet including a sheet bonding surface, and a surface modification layer disposed on at least one of the carrier bonding surface and the sheet bonding surface. The surface modification layer includes a plasma polymerized material. The plasma polymerized material planarizes the at least one of the carrier bonding surface and the sheet bonding surface. The carrier bonding surface and the sheet bonding surface are bonded with the surface modification layer so that the carrier is temporarily bonded with the sheet. A method of making an article includes depositing a surface modification layer on at least one of a carrier bonding surface and a sheet bonding surface. The method further includes bonding the carrier bonding surface and the sheet bonding surface with the surface modification layer to temporarily bond the carrier with the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, Robert George Manley, Prantik Mazumder
  • Patent number: 11884043
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laminate of thermoplastic resin film with vapor-permeable barrier function, wherein the laminate comprises: at least one layer of thermoplastic resin film having a continuous structure in a thickness of 1-120 ?m with vapor-permeable barrier function; and at least one layer of a natural or chemical product layer, wherein the natural or chemical product layer is a discontinuous film, a non-woven product, an adhesive product, and/or a textile fibre product. In the laminate of the present invention, the gram weight of the product is 1-250 g/m2. The laminate of the present invention is desirable in vapour permeability and diffusivity, has a continuous structure, and can block solid dusts with a size of 5 nm or more, aerosols, bacteria, viruses and liquids. Furthermore, the laminate can have a very good blocking effect, thereby having a protective function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: FOSHAN KING WONDER HI-TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuwei Lin, Yaogen Wu
  • Patent number: 11878500
    Abstract: A heated floor panel assembly for aircraft includes an impact layer made from a 2-D or 3-D woven high temperature thermoplastic fiber matrix impregnated with a resin. The impact layer can further include woven metallic fibers. The assembly also includes a stack of structural layers, a heating layer, and a core layer for absorbing shear stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Waina, Jin Hu, Casey Slane, Nathaniel Ching, Galdemir Cezar Botura
  • Patent number: 11878941
    Abstract: A glass exhibiting non-frangible behavior in a region where substantially higher central tension is possible without reaching frangibility is provided. This region allows greater extension of the depth of compression in which fracture-causing flaws are arrested, without rendering the glass frangible despite the presence of high central tension region in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Delena Lucinda Justice Duffy, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Vitor Marino Schneider, Kristy Lynn Smith
  • Patent number: 11865816
    Abstract: A package system is provided that includes a main body having a bilayer thermoplastic laminated film structure including a first layer and a second layer with an adhesive layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer. The main body can further include an array of holes and a removable panel disposed on the array of holes. The removable panel can include a plurality of cutouts, where each one of the cutouts corresponds to one of the holes. The removable panel can be configured to be selectively pulled off the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Kenneth F. Flower